Deal Reached Between Homeowners, Weapons Plant Operators
Source: Associated Press
Deal Reached Between Homeowners, Weapons Plant Operators
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DENVER — May 19, 2016, 4:05 PM ET
A $375 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by thousands of homeowners who said plutonium releases from a former nuclear weapons plant outside Denver hurt their health and devalued their property.
Plaintiffs' attorney Merrill Davidoff said Thursday the deal must still be approved by a federal judge.
The agreement would settle a 26-year-old lawsuit over the Rocky Flats plant west of Denver, which made plutonium triggers for nuclear warheads. It closed in 1989.
The lawsuit named Dow Chemical Co. and Rockwell International Corp., which operated the plant for the Energy Department.
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